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Re: Using "su" on cygwin
At 02:26 PM 8/16/2004, you wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried:
>>>su administrator
>>>but it always says I'm using the wrong password (I use the same password I use to log as administrator). What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>You didn't read this:
>>
>>>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
>>See "Why doesn't `su' work?":
>><http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC39>
>
> After reading that and further docs, I managed to get login (instead of su) to work, but only when I am logged in Windows as administrator. Do you know why I can't get that to work for other users?
Did you read the 'login' README? It says:
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Under NT/2K/XP, login(1) is _not_ supposed to work on the command line
to change user context! Though you're able to tweak user permissions
to get login(1) working that way, that's NOT officially supported.
======================================================================
Message <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg00897.html>, which the
FAQ refers to. points to the real solution. Install 'openssh' and use 'ssh'.
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